Bermuda: A Quick Guide for Cruisers

By Laura Del Rosso
A subtropical paradise a mere 650 miles off the coast of North Carolina, Bermuda is often mistakenly thought of as part of the Caribbean. The 21-square mile island group actually lies in the Atlantic and its cool climate far north of the Caribbean reflects that more northern latitude.

The famed pastel and white-roofed cottages of Bermuda

Bermuda (official travel site) is renowned for its postcard-perfect pink sand beaches and the distinctive business attire of its men, Bermuda shorts worn with knee socks, a blazer and tie. It also once had an eerie claim-to-fame as home to the “Bermuda Triangle,” a myth about mysterious disappearances of aircraft and ships in nearby waters, which has been debunked.

The Bermuda Triangle

The Bermuda Triangle, a region of the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean defined by points in Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico, has a long-standing reputation for mysteriously swallowing boats, ships and even airplanes. Some people even claim that it contains a wormhole into another dimension, while others believe that the area is a UFO hotspot and that aliens are abducting the lost sea vessels.
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The area first attracted attention in December, 1945, when five United States Navy planes vanished during a training exercise. Before losing radio contact and disappearing somewhere off the coast of southern Florida, the flight leader was reportedly heard saying: "We are entering white water, nothing seems right."
The 14 men in the planes were never heard from again. Even spookier, a search-and-rescue aircraft with 13 men onboard was dispatched to locate the missing planes, but that aircraft and its passengers also inexplicably disappeared. Ever since, the disappearances of vessels in the area, including the SS Marine Sulphur Queen, a tanker carrying a crew of 39 in 1963, and the collier USS Cyclops with 309 crewmen in 1918, have been blamed on the Bermuda Triangle.